Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1970 Page: 1 of 32
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Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Oí The State Ol Texas, Founded 1897. f
BENEVOLENCE HUMANITY
Postmaster; Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable dopies
VOLUME 58 — NO. 11 to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501
BROTHERHOOD
MARCH 18, 1970
FROM THE EDITORA DESK
Do not forget the District I meeting
at Lodge 39, Bryan, Sunday, March 22.
♦ ♦
Your editor certainly enjoyed the
meeting and fellowship at Lodge No.
6, Sunday, March 1, and No. 35, Sun-
day, March 8.
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ATTENTION, ALL MEMBERS
AND READERS:
Donations for furnishing one room
in the S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home No. 2 in
Needville, Texas, are being aceepted
now. The cost of furnishmgs for one
guest is $400.
Please send donations to:
Mr. Charlie Matcek
Routě 2, Box 213
Wharton, Texas 77488
Phone 532-3681.
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You better prepare yourself to be
more of a neighbor in the 1970s, be-
cause you are going to háve more
něighbors — and younger ones at that.
Whatever else the near future may
hold for American families, you can be
sure of two developments:
—-By the end of the decade, there
will be a lot more families — probably
11 million, oř 25 per cent more, married
couples.
-—On the average, the heads of those
řarnliies Mil be a lot younger than to-
daý’s breadwinner.
The reason is simple, aays the ins-
TOMORROW
I’m sure the Sun will shine tomorrow,
Though now the raindrops fall;
That happy thought díspeUs all
sorrow,
To me, thaťs all in all.
Tomorrow my life starts all anew,
There’ll be no lonely days,
Sun of my lile, my love for you
Will shine on me always.
Someone to share troubles and joys,
Someone to love me too,
One wh o through love sweet guile
employs
Sereniíy to woo.
I will také this lovely, fragile hand
And plače withln its care
My future, my love; and with this band
Secure by fortress fair.
—Otha Charles Mefford
titute of Life Insurance. Youngsters
born in the post-World Wár II “baby
boom” are now reaching adulthood
and marrying by the millions.
Demographers foresee a population
of perhaps 225 million Americans at
the end of the dacade — or 22 million
more than today. But that doesn’t mean
22 million more children. Although at
least 43 million babies are likely to be
born during the 1970s, the number of
children under age 5 may increase lit-
tle more than 3 million.
Young adults in their 20s and early
30s will reflect much of the popula-
tion again. The 25-to- 34 year olds
will account for about half of it, as
their numbers rise to about 11 million.
There Mil also be a substantial in-
crease at the other end of the life cycle
— about 3y2 million or 18 per cent
more Americans aged 65 and older.
But the 1970s will bring only smáli
gains in the number of middle-age
Americans — the stage of life when
most people reach the peak of their
careers and earning power. In fact,
the 45-to-54 age group (including
many “depression babies” of the 1930s)
will shrink somewhat.
Income Boom — Family income and
living standards are expeeted to rise
significantly. Haif of today’s families
live on $9,000 or less a year. By the end
of the decade, many more will háve in-
comes of $15,000 or more, Mth one-
third getting at least $20,000 a year.
Just as their incomes Mil rise, so will
the average family boost its life In-
surance protection coverage — from
today’s $19,900 to some 40,000 in 1980.
With income on the rise, spending
patterns will change. As families be-
come more affluent, they devote rela-
tively less of their paychecks to neces-
sities and more to so-called luxuries
— goods and Services that make life
fuller and more enjoyable. During the
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1970, newspaper, March 18, 1970; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth626965/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.